re: Tulane won the college football national championship in 1998.

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Tulane in 1998

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Despite finishing undefeated, the Green Wave were not considered for a BCS game, let alone a berth in that year's national title game, because it was felt their strength of schedule was too weak to justify a berth in a higher-tier bowl.

They did not play a single ranked team all season, and the only AQ conference member on their schedule was a Rutgers team that finished tied for sixth in the Big East.

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On a trivia note, this was Tommy Bowden's last year at Tulane before he bolted for Clemson, where he compiled a 72–45 record through 2008, and got replaced mid-season by Dabo.



ETA: Just saw Leto's comment above